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Cape Otway Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
 21.3 21.5 20.3 17.9 15.6 13.6 13.0 13.8 15.1 16.9 18.2 19.8 17.2
Mean Min (°C)
 13.3 13.9 13.2 11.6 10.0 8.5 7.5 7.8 8.5 9.5 10.7 12.0 10.5
Mean Rain (mm)
 44.5 40.9 56.6 71.6 89.0 96.4 103.7 103.4 88.2 79.6 63.8 53.6 890.7
Median Rain (mm)
 37.4 31.4 49.0 68.2 86.1 95.5 97.2 96.0 84.8 72.7 57.7 46.1 867.5
Mean Rain Days
 9.9 9.0 12.5 15.3 18.4 19.0 20.4 20.5 18.8 16.9 14.0 12.4 184.8

Cape Otway Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
 43.3 42.0 40.6 33.3 27.8 24.4 21.8 25.0 31.0 34.2 39.4 40.6 43.3
Low Max (°C)
 13.6 12.2 10.6 10.0 8.3 7.2 7.2 6.7 8.3 8.9 10.5 11.7 6.7
High Min (°C)
 29.4 27.9 30.3 22.8 19.7 16.7 13.4 16.5 22.5 22.2 25.6 30.6 30.6
Low Min (°C)
 3.3 2.8 -1.1 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.0 1.1 -1.1 -0.6 1.4 3.3 -1.1
High Rain (mm)
 91.7 81.4 93.0 78.6 47.2 61.0 62.6 48.8 48.3 68.3 90.2 58.8 93.0

Cape Otway Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
 27.9 25.8 24.8 22.8 19.3 17.9 16.7 19.6 19.1 21.9 23.2 24.4 20.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
 17.9 17.2 16.6 15.2 13.5 11.8 10.8 11.8 12.5 13.3 15.7 16.0 15.4
High Mn. Min (°C)
 16.2 18.0 16.0 13.8 12.4 11.1 9.5 9.9 10.9 12.3 14.0 15.6 12.2
Low Mn. Min (°C)
 6.9 8.3 7.0 5.2 4.8 4.0 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.8 3.7 6.0 5.9
High Rain (mm)
 133.1 154.6 188.8 189.7 224.2 211.1 213.9 218.2 188.5 225.1 146.5 153.7 1291.6
Low Rain (mm)
 0.0 0.0 8.5 0.6 14.9 25.3 35.7 29.2 22.9 6.5 9.3 2.6 634.9

Cape Otway Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Cape Otway annual climate

Cape Otway Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
≥ 35°C
 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.5
≥ 30°C
 2.7 2.2 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 1.7 9.4
≤ 2°C
 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
≤ 0°C
 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Cape Otway 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
 26.7 26.7 25.0 22.2 18.5 15.6 15.0 16.7 18.9 21.7 23.3 25.0 21.7
Low Max
 17.1 17.2 16.2 14.4 13.0 11.7 11.1 11.4 12.2 13.0 14.4 15.6 12.8
High Min
 15.6 16.4 15.6 13.9 12.2 10.6 9.4 10.0 10.6 11.7 12.8 14.3 13.9
Low Min
 11.0 11.5 10.6 9.4 7.8 6.1 5.6 5.6 6.1 7.2 8.3 9.6 7.2

Cape Otway Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
 140 142 142 146 145 145 145 145 143 143 143 140 143.2
Earliest Entry
 1865 1865 1865 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
 140 140 139 140 140 142 141 140 139 139 141 140 140.0
Earliest Entry
 1865 1865 1865 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
 142 143 142 142 141 141 141 141 141 141 141 140 141.3
Earliest Entry
 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE
South West, Victoria
38.8556°S 143.5128°E 82m AMSL
Commenced 1861

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